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INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
Humanities and Social Sciences discipline offers a unique semester course on
Prof K K Thaplyal (formerly of Lucknow University): Indian society seen through Buddhist literature and inscriptions | Guilds in ancient India | Village life in ancient India
Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray (formerly of Jawaharlal Nehru Univers i ty) : Our Founding Fathers : Archaeology and the Constitution of India | Fishing and sailing communities: the bedrock of India's maritime activity | 'Reading' coastal monuments and cultural diversity | Inscriptions across the oceans
Dr V N Prabhakar (IIT Gandhinagar): Glimpses of Harappan society
Prof Madhu Kishwar (ICSSR Maulana Azad National Professor): Indian vs. British legislative systems in colonial Society
Prof Susmita Basu Majumdar (University of Calcutta): Women in epigraphs: Exploring power, empowerment and dependence
Prof Suchandra Ghosh (University of Calcutta): Social structure in early Indian literature as seen through epigraphy
Dr V Selvakumar (Tamil University, Thanjavur): Early Tamil society through literature, epigraphy and archaeology
Prof Srinivas Reddy (IIT Gandhinagar): Travellers' accounts on Indian society: (1) The Portuguese | Indian society seen through the Bhakti movement | Indian society seen through folk and other storytelling traditions
Mr Michel Danino (IIT Gandhinagar): Did premodern India have a sense of history? A new take on an old question | Did 'tribes' exist in early Indian society? Ancient concepts of 'mainstream' and 'marginal' | Travellers' accounts on Indian society: (2) The French
INSTRUCTORS:
An insider's perspective presented by accomplished
scholars, who will offer a wide-ranging introduction to ancient India's intellectual, scientific and
artistic knowledge traditions, and to early Indian society
Classes: 2–4 pm on Monday and Tuesday, starting January 9. (Not all days will be used; the detailed calendar will soon be uploaded on the course website.)
Venue:IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj Campus, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Who can attend this course:Anyone seriously interested in studying Indian knowledge systems can audit the course after registering with the course coordinators. Those interested in crediting the course and receiving a certificate at the end should apply at www.iitgn.ac.in/ non-degree.htm
Course coordinators:Michel Danino ([email protected]) & Dr Payel C. Mukherjee | [email protected]
Website: http://iks.iitgn.ac.in/ (to be updated shortly)
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR
JANUARY - APRIL 2017
